For the City Yet to Come: Changing African Life in Four Cities
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Among government officials, urban planners, and development workers, Africa's burgeoning metropolises are frequently understood as failed cities, unable to provide even basic services. Whatever resourcefulness does exist is regarded as only temporary compensation for fundamental failure. In For the City Yet to Come, AbdouMaliq Simone argues that by overlooking all that does work in Africa's cities, this perspective forecloses opportunities...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822334453
ISBN13:9780822334453
Release Date:October 2004
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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